Edwin Kenamu
Research Area Agriculture and Rural Development, Micro Development, Policy Evaluation, Political Economy, Sustainability
Job Market Candidate yes
Affiliation Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, RTG Sustainable Food Systems
Affiliation status Currently affiliated
Regional Focus Sub-Saharan Africa
Chair Nutrition and Agriculture

Edwin Kenamu

Ph.D. Researcher

Teaching:
Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainable Food Systems (Master); Health Diets and Food Systems (Bachelors)

Link to private website

Publications:

Zuza, E. J., Araya, Y. N., Maseyk, K., Bhagwat, S., Brandenburg, R. L., Emmott, A., Rawes, W., Phiri, P., Mkengala, K., & Kenamu, E. (2024). Farmer preference for macadamia varieties and constraints to production in Malawi. PLOS ONE, 19(2), e0293488.

Duchoslav, J., Kenamu, E., & Thunde, J. (2023). Targeting hunger or votes? The political economy of humanitarian transfers in Malawi. World Development, 165, 106179.

Mkandawire, D., Gbegbelegbe, S., Nsenga, J. V., Yami, M., & Kenamu, E. (2023). Analysing urban and peri-urban youth employment in agribusiness in Malawi. PLOS ONE, 18(9).

Duchoslav, J., & Kenamu, E. (2018). Are social safety nets and input subsidies reaching the poor in Malawi? International Food Policy Research Institute, MassP Working Paper 26.

Bell, A. R., Ward, P. S., Mapemba, L., Nyirenda, Z., Msukwa, W., & Kenamu, E. (2018). Smart subsidies for catchment conservation in Malawi. Scientific Data, 5(1), 1–8.

Kenamu, E., & Colen, L. (2025). Estimating the effects and seasonal dynamics of Malawi’s 2015/16 drought and humanitarian transfers on household food insecurity and child malnutrition. World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER), WIDER Working Paper Series, wp36/25.

Duchoslav, J., Kenamu, E., Gilbert, R., Baulch, B., Palloni, G., & Gilligan, D. O. (2020). Building resilience and adaptation to climate change in Malawi: Quantitative baseline report. International Food Policy Research Institute, MassP Working Paper.